Veneer drum or the like



Patented Sept. 26, 3922.

warren stares rare JOSEPH L. "WALKER, OF BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR TO K-D BARREL AND HAMPER 00., 013 BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.

veneer. Jennie on THE LIKE.

Application filed June 11,

T 0 all whom a may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baton Rouge, in the parish of East Baton Rouge and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Veneer Drum or the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a drum or the like formed of veneer, one of its objects being to provide a structure of this character having simple and efficient means whereby the heads can be connected to the wall of the container without the necessity of grooving the same, there being simple and efficient fastening devices which constitute supports for the heads and also constitute means for fastening the heads detachably in position.

Another object is to provide fasteners which can be cheaply produced from strips of sheet metal, can be applied readily, and will constitute efficient means for securely holding the heads in place.

A still further object is to provide a coin tainer which is thoroughly ventilated;

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

in the accompanying drawings the pre ferred form of the invention has been shown.

in said drawings Figure l is an elevation of a drum or con tainer embodying the present improvements.

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line 33, Figure 2.

1921. Serial no. 476,856.

although preferably made of upper and lower layers of strips of veneer indicated at 3, the strips of one layer being spaced apart and placed transversely of the spaced strips of the other layer so that small ventilating openings 4 thus occur between the points where the strips are crossed.

For the purpose of holding the heads in the drum there are provided fastening devices of simple construction. Each of these fastening devices is formed from a blank of thin sheet metal in strip form as shown in Figure 4;, these blanks being preferably cut from an elongated strip or ribbon so that each blank has a rounded end 5 and a recessed end 6, the recess forming side prongs 7 Spaced openings 8, 9 and 10 are formed in the blank. After the blank has been cut it can be bent to proper shape with the prongs 7 bent at right angles and that portion of the blank between the openings 8 and 9 partly folded to present a shoulder 11 and an inclined supporting portion 12'. lVith the blank thus shaped it is fastened within the container by driving the prongs 7 into one of the strips 1 as shown in Figure 8 and then fastening the blank by driving brads 1.3 or the like through the openings 8 and 9 and into the container. Thus the shoulder 11 will be supported within the container and inwardly from the end of said container. After a desired number of fas teners have thus been secured the head 3 can be placed in the container so as to rest at its margin on the shoulders 11. The upwardly projecting end of the fastener which up to this time has been projecting beyond the container shown by dotted lines in Figure 3, can then be bent down onto the head 3 and fastened thereto by means of a brad. 14 or the like. Thus the head will be securely held in place but can be removed readily simply by withdrawing the brad llof each fastener and bending the outer end of the fastener upwardly and outwardly to the position shown by dotted lines in Figure 3.

It will be noted that by providing a fastener such as described it becomes unnecessary to groove, or otherwise specially prepare the strip 1 or the head. 3 and the head can be readily inserted into the container and secured by means of the fastener.

lVhat is claimed is The combination with a container,

means for fastening a head thereto said means comprising a single strip of bendable metal having a recess in one end forming spaced n'ongs, said prongs being extended at right angles from the strip for insertion into the Wall of the container, an offset inter mediate portion formed by the strip and constituting a head supporting shoulder and an inclined brace for the shoulder, one end of the strip being bendable onto the supported head to hold it on the shoulder, and fastening means extending through the strip between the prongs and the brace and into 

